208 words come out when you unscramble MAILVANS, starting with MAILVANS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of MAILVANS is on the page: NAVALISM, each 13 points. The 8 letters split into 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from MAILVANS by length: 2 with 8 letters, 6 with 7, 25 with 6, 52 with 5, 60 with 4, 49 with 3 and 14 with 2.
MALVAS, MAVINS and VIMANA share the top score of 11 among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble MAILVANS. ANIMAL, SALIVA and SALVIA are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from MAILVANS are led by MALVA, MAVIN and MAVIS, 10 points each. NAVAL, ALIAS and NAILS are the familiar ones.
VIMS tops the 4-letter words from MAILVANS at 9 points; next come AVAL and AVAS on 7. MAIL, MAIN and VISA will look familiar.
VIM scores highest among the 3-letter words in MAILVANS at 8 points, ahead of AVA and LAV on 6. MAN, VAN and AIM are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of MAILVANS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with MA · ending in NS · all 8-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by MAVINS (11 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts MAILVANS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAILVANS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 208) | 164 | 208 | 155 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MAILVANS, NAVALISM, MAILVAN, VIMANAS, MALVAS, VIMANA, MALVA, ALMAINS, ALISMA, ALMAIN, MASLIN, VALIS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MANIS, NAVS, VINS, MANI, MASA, NAV, VIN, NALAS and SAN, 9 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of MAILVANS and one more.